‘The Takedown’ Review: French Buddy Cop Movie is a Misfire
Omar Sy moves from a jeweller thief in Lupin to a law-and-order figure in The Takedown, a buddy cop movie about two officers on a flight to take down a criminal group. The Netflix comedy […]
‘Blood Sisters’ Review: A Bloody Promising Affair Between Netflix and EbonyLife
EbonyLife Studios and Netflix thrill viewers with another crime drama, Blood Sisters, Nollywood’s first original series on the global streaming platform. Created by Temidayo Makanjuola (Money.Men.Marriage), Blood Sisters is a tale of blood and gore driven by sibling rivalry, a Cindarella story gone wrong, a botched wedding, murder plots, opportunistic parents and dark, dirty family secrets.
‘Blood Sisters’ Stars and Other Films Where You Can Find Them on Netflix
We have seen an increase in Nollywood content being streamed on Netflix and in the streamer’s productions with various Nigerian filmmakers. Ranging from titles with Kunle Afolayan (Swallow), EbonyLife (Castle and Castle) and the sequel […]
WKMUp Quiz: Which ‘Blood Sisters’ Character are You?
Starring Deyemi Okanlawon (Swallow), Ini Dima-Okojie (Namaste Wahala), Nancy Isime (Omo Ghetto: The Saga), Gabriel Afolayan (For Maria Ebun Pataki), Kate Henshaw (Chief Daddy 2), Kehinde Bankole (Prophetess), Genoveva Umeh (One Lagos Night), Uche Jombo […]
Movies and TV Shows Coming in May
Netflix titles, like highly anticipated EbonyLife’s Blood Sisters, GreoH Studios’ Ayinla and Tunde Kelani’s 2014 sickle cell drama Dazzling Mirage, pave the way for more Nollywood offerings in May. In cinemas, Inkblot’s romcom, The Perfect […]
‘Silverton Siege’ Review: An Average Hostage Thriller that Fails to Duly Honour the Original Event
On January 25, 1980, three apartheid freedom fighters, Stephen Lakoko, Humphrey Makhubo and Wilfred Madela, were on their way to carry out a planned sabotage mission when they realised their cover had been blown. In […]
‘The Man Of God’ Review: Bolanle Austen-Peters’ Netflix Release Fails to Inspire Faith
Childhood trauma, religious anarchy, a prodigal son, a love rectangle and crime are the main features of The Man of God, Bolanle Austen-Peters’ latest release on Netflix. It’s hard to pinpoint the underlying story of […]
WKMUp Quiz: How Well Do You Know Netflix Naija?
Let us put your binging relationship with Netflix to test. If you live elsewhere around the world outside Nigeria, you should note that the answers are strictly based on a Nigerian-based binger’s experience with Netflix, […]
Trailer: Ini Dima-Okojie, Nancy Isime, Deyemi Okanlawon, Kate Henshaw in Dramatic-Thriller Four-Part Series ‘Blood Sisters’
Since the release of Chief Daddy 2 on new year’s day, Netflix has released a trailer for EbonyLife-produced dramatic crime-thriller, Blood Sisters, a four-part mini-series directed by Biyi Bandele (Half of a Yellow Sun) and […]
Series Review: ‘Bridgerton’ Season 2 is Less Excitement and Endless Repetition of Events
Netflix’s regency romance series, Bridgerton, based on the novels by Julia Quinn return on screen with new faces and more drama. With the exit of Regé-Jean Page, who played the Duke of Hastings in the […]
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